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Conference on Access to Justice in California: Challenges and Policy Innovations

At a day-long conference titled Access to Justice in California: Challenges and Policy Innovations held in Santa Monica, California, approximately 75 national and California leaders discussed approaches to reforming legal services regulation.
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L.A. Court Diversion Program for People with Behavioral Health Problems Demonstrates Promise, but Needs More Resources

A Los Angeles County program to divert some people with behavioral health problems from the criminal court system has demonstrated significant success, but could be improved with increased funding for additional court staff and treatment resources.
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Los Angeles County Rapid Diversion Program Evaluation: Successes and Opportunities for Enhancement

This research brief summarizes an evaluation of the implementation, outcomes, and characteristics of the Los Angeles County Rapid Diversion Program, a pretrial diversion program for people with a mental health diagnosis or substance use disorder.
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Process Evaluation of the Los Angeles County Rapid Diversion Program: A Pretrial Mental Health Diversion Program

In this report, the authors evaluate the Los Angeles County Rapid Diversion Program (RDP) implementation, case outcomes for individuals who participate in RDP, and strengths and areas for improvement.
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Conference on Access to Justice in California: Challenges and Policy Innovations

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Legal Outcomes and Home-Court Advantage: Evidence from the Securities and Exchange Commission's Shift to Administrative Courts

This article examines whether the SEC's authority to move cases into administrative court has led to a home-court advantage due to administrative law judges' relative lack of formal independence.
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The Impact of Informal Discovery Conferences: Evidence from the Los Angeles Superior Courts

The study described in this brief delved into the efficacy of informal discovery conferences (IDCs) as a potential remedy to escalating court costs. The findings reveal a 64-percent reduction in the likelihood of discovery motions when IDCs are employed.
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Evaluation of the California County Resentencing Pilot Program: Year 2 Findings

The California County Resentencing Pilot Program was established to support and evaluate a collaborative approach to prosecutorial discretion in resentencing eligible incarcerated individuals. The authors document results from year 2 of the program.
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Indigent Defense Environmental Scan: Identifying Research Needs to Support Fair and Equitable Indigent Defense in the United States

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National Public Defense Workload Study

Excessive caseloads prevent public defense attorneys from effectively representing clients. Researchers used the Delphi method to determine the average time needed to provide reasonably effective assistance and establish national workload standards.
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The Impact of Defense Counsel at Bail Hearings

Roughly half of U.S. counties do not provide defense counsel at bail hearings. A field experiment in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, shows that providing counsel can decrease the use of monetary bail and pretrial detention.
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Diversion Instead of Court: Improving Outcomes for People Arrested for Low-level Crimes

This research brief summarizes results of a process and outcome evaluation of Project Reset, a program that diverts adults arrested for low-level crimes into community-based support programs and out of the court system.

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